Mantej Mann
BBC Sport at Twickenham

Ian and Stanley Finn are father and son from Keswick in Cumbria who want to see England attack.

Stanley called for England to show a bit of "magic and skill" to break through the Irish defence.

Dad Ian added: "It's a brilliant atmosphere here at Twickenham. We were here two weeks ago to watch them against Wales and we want England to attack from minute one.

"They need better ball handling than they did against Scotland and to attack, attack, attack because otherwise Ireland will be too strong."

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From staving off relegation in the third tier of English rugby to a first Test start in the Six Nations in under 18 months, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's rise to the top has been remarkable.

The medical student is a clinical try scorer, combining elusive footwork and power with frightening acceleration.

Feyi-Waboso, 21, is one of three changes in an England side tasked with denying Ireland the chance of claiming back-to-back Grand Slams.

Head coach Steve Borthwick and captain Jamie George will be hoping the Exeter wing's selection can help spark England's stuttering attack into life.

"Manny's ready - he's more than ready," said George. "You've seen that in the time he's had on the field so far in the Six Nations.

"He's an incredible talent, but the maturity we've seen from Manny is something that's impressed me a lot.”

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Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says he does not pay attention to England's critics as he labelled them an "unbelievably dangerous" team.

Farrell expects Steve Borthwick's side to give his players "one hell of a battle" at Twickenham.

"I don't get involved with the criticism at all," he said.

Farrell, who won eight caps for England and spent four years as Stuart Lancaster's assistant coach, added: "I don't look at that. I look at the individuals, the way they are playing, the coaching staff that they've got, the plan that they've got.

"I know that they're a fantastic side that's going to be preparing to give it everything they've got so that makes them unbelievably dangerous."

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So are Ireland currently the best team in the world? That comment didn't go down well with South Africans on social media this week...

But what do you think?

Former Wales captain Sam Warburton explains why Ireland are "by far the best team" in the Six Nations.

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BBC Sport NI at Twickenham

Ireland have had a couple of great results in this behemoth of a stadium in recent years.

The Grand Slam was clinched here in 2018, while in 2022, they won 32-15 - albeit having played a 14-man England since the second minute.

A fifth consecutive win over England - and record 12th straight Six Nations victory - will edge Ireland even closer to history and set up a mouth-watering tournament finale against Scotland next week.

Hugo Keenan's return to fitness has certainly calmed a few Irish nerves, but even with a full-back of his quality back in business, this has the makings of a deeply uncomfortable afternoon for Andy Farrell's side.

Fans of this tournament may want an England win to add further intrigue to the final round of games next week. Failing that, they'll just hope it remains 15 v 15 for 80 minutes. That's been hard to come by in this fixture in recent years.

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Talking about Danny Care….

With the game finely poised at 10-6 to Ireland in 2014, Chris Robshaw's offload released Mike Brown and his final pass sent Care racing under the posts to score the winning try in a 13-10 victory.

"It is definitely up there [favourite England try] as that week we just found out that [wife] Jodie was expecting Blake so it was a mad week," Care told Rugby Union Daily.

"It was pretty special to know you are going to be a dad and then to play for England.

"I remember [Johnny] Sexton and [Brian] O'Driscoll chasing me in for the try. That feeling when you know you are in and 80,000 people at Twickenham know - it was an amazing feeling."

Ireland went on to win the championship, but Care sparked England's title hopes again.

Could we see something similar today?

Danny Care is set to win his 100th cap for England when they face Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday.

He would become the sixth Englishman to reach the milestone after Ben Youngs, Jason Leonard, Owen Farrell, Dan Cole and Courtney Lawes.

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Dave and Padraic from Dublin can only see one outcome this afternoon...

"London is a fabulous city but is never better than Dublin, especially with how Ireland are going at the moment," said Dave.

Padraic added: "It is going to be tough for 10-15 minutes, England will come out of the blocks and hit Ireland hard but I can see Ireland wearing them down.

"The Ireland pack is very strong and they are agile for big men. Joe Marler will slow down at the front and some of them are ageing."

England: Furbank; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Lawrence, Freeman; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, George (capt), Cole, Itoje, Martin, Chessum, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: Dan, Marler, Stuart, Cunningham-South, Dombrandt, Care, M Smith, Daly.

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Ireland: Keenan; Nash, Henshaw, Aki, Lowe; Crowley, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong; McCarthy, Beirne, O'Mahony (capt), van der Flier, Doris.

Replacements: Kelleher, Healy, Bealham, Henderson, Baird, Conan, Murray, Frawley.

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To beat England, Ireland will need a top-level performance and must tweak a few things from the win over Wales a fortnight ago.

Against Wales, we started really well and were cruising at 17-0 up at half-time. To be fair to Wales, they really came out strongly in the second half and got themselves a bit momentum.

I think a lot of teams would have let Wales back into the game under that pressure, so overcoming that and winning by 24 points was a mark of how confident Ireland are at the moment and the players we have.

But as has already been pointed out, Ireland must keep the penalty count down. Caelan Doris spoke about eliminating the "silly penalties" that cropped up in the second half against Wales and he's right. That is something that will have been addressed in the build-up this week.

We pride ourselves on our discipline and not making simple errors, the guys will want to improve those aspects of the game at Twickenham.

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Jamie Heaslip
Former Ireland number eight on Rugby Union Daily

Ireland only know winning. It's a pretty powerful mindset coming into it and fills them with confidence. It kind of reminds me of that Richie McCaw-Dan Carter side with New Zealand.

That period from 2007 to the 2015 World Cup when they were just so, so dominant.

It builds a bit of a flywheel momentum for these guys. They don't take anything for granted, that's for sure.

Andy Farrell won't let them take anything for granted. They're not fearful of going there [Twickenham] now but they should definitely understand the history between the two sides.

Farrell is definitely one of the best people to remind them of that.

I haven't seen what the bookies are saying, but in order for England to win, Ireland have to go down to like 14 or 13 players and I think England need a couple of trick plays up their sleeve.

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Duhan van der Merwe scored a Calcutta Cup hat-trick in a thrilling 30-21 victory for Scotland over England at Murrayfield.

Ireland moved a step closer to back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams with a 31-7 win over a battling Wales side.

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England against Ireland doesn't need much of an introduction.

A rivalry built over decades of classic games and hopefully we get another one at Twickenham.

Ireland could win the championship with a bonus-point win, England could keep their title hopes alive with victory.

This one should be good!